The Ohio Independent Baptist, Spring 1996

Don't miss the 65th Annual GARBC Conference ASSIGNMENT: EARTH June 22-26 Lakeland , Florida Mortgage burning ceremony at First Baptist On February 25, F irst Baptist held a mortgage burning ceremony. Surrounded by the deacon and ·ome of the olde t members, Pa~ tor William Cunningham 5et fire to the document. symbolicall y c lo ·ing the pa\t chapter5 of church history and pa\ 1ng the way to the future . Later in the ')er, ice, State Repre!>entau ve Larry 1-ct,cr challenged the church to press on Into the 21 ~l Century. J=oundcd 1n 1833. the congregation h..t'-t had four church budding\ . The f1r~t scr, ice at the pre~e nt locall on was held 1n ovc rnber of 1979 On January 28, Fir t Baptis t ho5teJ a potluck d1nnc1 after the n1orn1 ng \C f \ I Ce rJ'hc afternoon h1ghl1ght v.a\ a concert hy the southern go\pel quartet " l.,our B) (Jr ace ()n 1-chruary 3 Junnl1c \dntce hcgan 111 ~ 1111n1~try as ass1st ..u1t p..istor of ) outh n11n1~tr 1c~ . J11n1n1c has eleven }'CtlJ ... of expe11cnce \\'ork1ng \\'llh \outh . ~~ c and hi s \\Ile , " ltarlenc , along ~,11h thL"u t\.vu teenage sons. harle~ and J),1, 1d , are a V1clcun1ed add1t1on to the J 11~t l3apt1sl < ' hu,ch farnII\ , I hr on 1 1egut1on ce leh1 atcd "Whule- J1ca1lt'd Sund,)" on l"eb, uar) 18 . <,uesl SJ)l al er l u1 the da) ,, a e\ dngclisl 1 1 \\ 1 dh S hu1.:ke11 St n IOI pas 10, di J· 11 st J3 dp l I l I I{ 1c ha, d S le t Jc. Calvar y Ba ptist held a mis ionary conference March 16-20. Included in Lhe conference, which began wi th a fe llowship supper, we re mi ·s ionaries Bob Aleshire. 111i ionary to Wales; Virgil Freyermuth , Joy Club work with Bapti st Church Planter , : and Bill Ste e ns. of Shepherd · Home. Fred Robb i pas tor at Calvary Bapti st. Twelve widows and five guests n1el at Faith Ba ptis t on Thur ·day , February 15, for a Trusting Heart s luncheon. The invited ladie · and gues ts n1e t \.Vtth Pas tor Dennis Burns, the deacons and their wives. Foll owing the meal, Pas tor Burns di stributed copies of "Ten Comn1andn1ents f'or Li ving.'' by He len Stei ner Rice, and a copy of' "Life's Greatest Di scovery.'' Jercniiah 49: 11 and Job 29 : 13 were ci ted by Pastor Burn~ as two vcr ·cs directed toward widows to trust God and allow thei r hearts to rejo ice wnh a nc,v song. He spoke to the wo,ncn concerning the deacons' willingness Lo serve thcrn . 'fhc won1cn were encouraged to ca l I Pas tor Burns or a deacon when a need ari ses. Ideas for help1 ng ,v1do" s inc I udc · a database o f inforn1at1on on peop le ahlc to a\\tst with car and hon1c repair..... a prayer chain for" 1do\\s, a n11n1\try o f cvangc li \ 111 to others ,vho have lost their n1atc\ , rnonthl y or h1 -1non thl y n1ce t1ngs of 1·rust1ng I lca1 t\ to encourage each othc1. ,l shopping trip 1n the church , an. anti a \ urvcy to a"ccrtt.11n other ncc tl..., () n I\1.u L h I 6. ~'cllo \\ ship l!aptis t ( ' hurch r.tllL'u ,lll 01d1n,tt1on LOUll L il tn t'\.1111111c the doL l1 tt1l' .tnd lilL ol Jon., thun ) \Hill 1 ' \tt1ll' l{L'pl l...'scnt.111, l' I .a, 1\ J,Lt/CI Sll \Ld ,lS L· h,llllll,lll ll~f the cuunc,I. 'I hL lHd1nt111un se1, ILL' \\a.., hcldSunch1) 1\1 .ucli 17 Jonathon ) ' uung ,~ pas101 ,ti I>uhll II OIB news deadline Summer issue July 5 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ill I I I I I I • I I I I I I I I I • • I I I I I I I I • I • I I • I I I I I I I I I -:; . - r. ·- - -- - - - -- ~lere it is.... • :: . ' • I I I I I I I I I I I I I I • I I I I I I I I I RHP 111lroduce, Youth (,1 oup "ie,... 1011, thl' 1 vouth group n1alenc1I \'Oll\'l' lll't 1 11 look1ng • (or Y<,"i off er, ,1 \'1lrtt•ty of topic.., cl ( k 1 \1bll 1 : progr,1111 e,1..,v to u,c ll'clt h1ng ,11d, Bible I ~<lluratcd ,tudit'" c11HI fun lt 1 ,Hh111g • lllPlllod, l)p-.1g11Pd "Pl'Ul 1< ,1lh fot \'Ollth I I group 1111111,t rv \ (,\ t'tHI ... ,·ottr ,t 1 <lrl 11 to, 1 top not< h \'tllll h group 111t1tt)11c1I I or n1orr • inforn1c1tion (clll lod,1y! 1 I 1-800-727-4440 I I I I I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ohio Inde pende n t Baptist is a publi r ation of th l' ()hio ,\ s~or iation of Regular Bapli~t ( 'hurr ht•, Editor s1.1tc RL·rrc,ent.11,,e L.111, 1·L·1,c, Managing Edi tor I .1 nd.1'f' IHHll.t.., Proofreader l)L'hur.111 B,,..,l·tt Technical Assis tance Rcg1,tL'I ( i1.1ph1L ... R.111dolph. '-.L'\\ , n1 I... Pl l'.1,1.· d11cL l .tll 1. l)llllt11.·111 .... 1. 01 I l'',jltllldL'II\. t' .111d Ill'\\, [11 Ohio Independen t Baptist P < > H11\ .'(J 'O" l-1 1\.1.'lll'IIII!.' ()II !'il 2l) ..... I , _2 (J.l o '(', 1 In (>IB I\S:'\ () 1 1 ti C>'I ,, puhli,h1.d qu 1111. 11. 111 I lhtu.11, ~l .i \11 •11,1 111d i\l)\L'lllht'I 1111 • I t 1\11\'11.'I\) P~ I \l II t \ 1111. < >111 0 \ ,,01.1. tlll>ll 1>1 l{1.·!!t1l,11 IL1p11 ,1 l 11111 hl ~ l l I , I\ I l > 11 \ l' l } .a\ l 1 11 I I II I 'I l 1 1 1